The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
HERE AND THERE.

"SItting ON Ice" is q theatrical phrase for
house that docs not applaud.
RIce-straw shoes are worn by the lsborinR
people In the south Of China.
Only 200 Of the 10000 coke ovens in the
Councils Pa.) coke region are now idle.
A colony of grasshoppcrs put in an appear
ance at Cory, Pa, one day last week.
A large bounty is paid by the Nicaragua
government to farmers who plant india-rub-
Der trees
| A hawk, measuring ifty-one inches from tip
to tip OF wings, was killed a few days ago near
Turin, Gu.
The governor OF Panama has issued prccau-
tionary orders to prevent the entrance Of chol-
era INTO the country.
The courthouse at Birmingham, Ala, has
been condemned, and u new one to cost $685.,
900 viii soon be built
The Indians on the sllctz reservation, IT.
Oregon, raised and shipped forty thousand
bushels Of oats last year.
Hes jounced" Is the synonym fo' mashed
in the vocabulary Of the day. The expression
came In with the toboggan.
LET me write the ads. OF this town." says
'he man In a newspaper countng-room, and
I care not who sliugs the poetry"
A salmon trout was captured in the Coosa
river at Rome, Ga, one day last week. 1t was
the first one ever caught In Georgia.
A jeweler says that some Of his best custo-
mers are colored people, who realize thatgcms
look well against dark background.
There arc two married and settled men III
the freshman class OF Georgia university.
Their families are In Athens with them.
In Germany during year are made $4,000
real meerschaum pipes, 10000 imitation
'neerschaums, and 500, 0OO, 900 wooden pipes.
1rec-plantng is much engaged In In various
parts OF California. During the past year
three firms sold 5000 trees in one county
alone.
Hilarious Jennings aud Mrs Julia jolt,
and Franklin Jennings and Miss Susie jolly
were married at Shelby, n. G one day re-
Gently.
doctor at Southwest narbor, Me-, the
other day cut open cats throat and success
fully extracted needle that pussy had swal-
lowed.
The 'po ssurn business OF Berrian count,
Georgia, is looking up. 4 carload Of big, fat
fellows came into Quitman the other day, and
found a ready sale
Hundreds OF antlcrs of the elk are shipped
every year from Oregon and Washington ter
ritory to England, where they grace ancestral
halls as ornaments.
During the recent rough weather In Oregon
there were over two hundred fallen trees ON
the track OF the Northern Pacific railroad
within distance Of fifteen miles.
A colored man who Is 81 years old walks to
and from Washington, Ga, distance Of eight
miles, to carry the mail for family. for
which they board and clothe him and his wife.
In Nevada there are some Of the largest
dams in the world for storing water for min
Ing purposes. One is 576 feet long and 20 fee.
high, another 425 feet long and 100 feet high.
Bull-fghts are growing in popularity In Mex.
leo, and large prices are paid for superior AMI
mails Three bull fights were recently given
at Saltillo In aid Of hospital, and Melted
sS75.
large steel gun can only he used about
200 times with full battering charges. As the
guns cost from $40 900 10 S315, 900, according
TO size, the cost per charge is from $3i5 Il
$3.50.
An effort Is being made In California 10 re-
organize the American party In time for the
next election. Last year S,3i7 votes were cast
in that state for the head OF the American
ticket.
On the retired list OF the navy there are 30
rcrr adm'rsls " commodities lsconmandcrs
20 paymasters. Il captains, 20 lieutenant com
manders. IL lieu tenants, q. engineers, and 40 |
surgeons.
The inhabitants of Old Town. Me-, arc most |
" Indians. The chief offices IN the city are |
occupied by red men. who take as much inter.
est in such affairs us their white brethren In |
ncghborsng cities.
Only one Of the Eve PERSONS who on their
cath-bcds last year confessed TO great crimes,
old the truth. Il was found that the other
"eonfessors" could not possibly have had any
thing to do with the crimes
The devotion OF young man attending n
prayer-meeting in one Of the churches In st.
hlary's, Canada, the other night, were dis.
turbcd by mouse running up the leg OF his
pants while he was knceling.
Tho first country to issue stamps for chca,
postage was Great Brltain-in 1870 An I'M
used one is worth about $500 The rarcst post
age stamp known to collectors was Issued By
the postmaster ut Brattlcboro IN 1916
A foolish woman at Butler, Ga. buried sllD
In bills in the wood-yari Tor safe keeping, and
when she dug them up for use found that they
bad been 50 badly eaten by woodllce as TO
render them almost beyond recognition.
On Jekyl island, Georgia, Is n band OF horses